Tray for hospital beds



Jan. 12, 1932. B. o. HORNER 1,841,264

TRAY FOR HOSPITAL BEDS Filed July 50. 1930.

Patented Jan. 12, 19:32,

. "B nnie o. Helms; or eovilvsrron, gamma? rear tim irosrlraLf aei-ins Application as: iui xeo,

I This invention appertain'sto attachments for beds and. more particularlytofa novel tray attachment for hospital beds. One of the primary obj ectsof myinvention Tis' the vprovision ofnovelnieans for associating-"a tray with a hospital bed, whereby a bed pan and urinal can be conveniently associated with the bed and instantly reached by the patient without necessitating awaiting 710 of thearrival of a nurse. 7 a r p v Another important object ofmy invention is the, provision of a novel support for the tray, whereby the tray canbe readily swung p p with which the same can be assoc1ated.'

M to an inoperative position under the bed and to an operative position, laterally of thebed, the tray having means Within convenlent reach of the patient whereby thetray can be p v I I trate ithefuseofmy' improved dev ce: As

swung to either one of its two positions.

, A further object of my invention is, the pa f1 vision of a novel support for the tray embodying a. clamp for engaging the bed rail,

the clamp being of such aconstruction'asto permit the quick and easy association thereof with said rail at the desired location and at the same time form an efi'ectivesupport for i the swinging tray; 7 V

A still further object of my invention is to provide an improved urinal and bed pan tray for hospital beds of the above character, which will be durable and efficient in use, one

that will be simple and easy to manufacture,-

and one which can be placed upon the market,

and associated with a hospital bed'at a small n cost. i 05 invention consists in the novel construction,

claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which drawings: I

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved tray attachment, showing the. same attached to the bed rail ofa hospital bed, illustrating the same in itsinoperative position. v

Figure 2 is a side elevation of my improved attachment showing the same attached to the bed rail.

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken onthe line 33 of Figure 2 looking'in the direction tion of ,clamp,

V ingin the direction of the arrows} Figure 5-is adetail-perspective view showi v v c "ing'the various parts'of thegclamp'andtray -intheirdisconnected positions,-

, f gitudinallyextending bed railflO, what may a ,be of channelbarconstruction 4 With these and other objects in view, the V v p L I s, blanlrof sheet metalof the desired'gage and arrangement and formation o Parts aswill i o y-p fi c be hereinafter more speclficany "E pending'triangular supporting plate-331. .The :uppe r U shaped portion 32' is adapted to be. slippejd over' the bed ra'ilLlO linto intimate {contact therewith, while the supporting plate depends atherefrom.,3 The upper edge-"of 1 11 UsShaped portionhas formed "thereon g-pins or guide barrels 34, for a purposewhich wil z zbe later described. Q Likewise one" edge of the supporting plate 33 has formedithereon ibinge; barrels 35. The opposite edge of the supportingplate3l isaprovided with'a: bent I gbackfretainingflange 36;' Theiclamp30Ialsoi f" 1930. Serial .na; 1355;

the arrows illustrating the novel f toinia- Figure 4 is a horizontalsection through the clamp taken on the line4f4of-Figure-2 lo'o'k-v 1 Referring to the ;drawings; in, detail,

i wherein vsimilar reference characters desig znate corresponding parts throughout l ve-ral v1ews,'theletter A- generally indicates the sevmy improved devicerand B ahospital "bed The hospitalbed B can be of any preferredl it or ordinary character and only a sufficient portion of thesame has beenshownito illuss shownfthea hospital bed B-includesthe 1011- My improved; device Ac-comprises 5 15 and novel clamp 30 for engaging; the rail 10.

1 .;Thetrayll5 may. include a 16 reinforced bya-nfupper rectangular wi're i r frame 17, which can be formed fromaSihgle .bar of lIil-etalbfithe desired gagegj-As fshown, oneendof the frame of the tray 15 isextended b .to form a laterally extending; arm; 118'," and .lthe terminal of this arm is bentjdownwardly 7' '11a vertical plane to provide a pivotiorhinge 1 pin 19.

igv'llhe clamp andfsupport i30 comprises maimbojdy section 31, formed from a single a upp substantiallyu shaped portion 32 and a deer section 31 As shown, the upper edge of the includes a flat lock plate section 37, which is entirely independent of the body plate lock plate '32 is provided on its upper edge and on one side edge with spaced guides or hinge barrels 38 and 39 respectively.

Asstated, the body plate section is adapted to be slipped over the bed rail at the desired location thereon after which the lock plate section 37 is slipped in between the flange placedthroughthe registering guide barrels '34 and '38 to hold the sections 31'and 37 in their assembled positions onthe bed rail, and the depending pivot pin'or arm is K -"sli-pped into the registering hinge barrels 35.

and 39. This permits-the convenient asso- 'ciation otth'e'traywith the bed and the ing from one corner of the tray, a depending hlnge pin on sald arm, a bed rail clamp 1ncluding a main body section having a U- shaped portion engaging about the bed rail, and a lock flange on one edge thereof, a lock pla-te section for abutting engagement with the body plate-section and for closing the upper part :of the U-shaped part,aligned hinge barrels formed respectively on the upper edges of the body section and the lock plate section' and on the sideedges thereof, the lock plate section having one edge received between the body plate section and the flange, and a lock pin extending through the aligned hinge barrelson the upper edges of the main body-sectionand the lock plate section, the other barrels receiving the hinge .pin, and manipulating handles carried .by the tray in spaced relation to the hinge'pin In testimony whereof I .aflix-my signatures,

BIRDIE o; HORNER.

tray'can be swung onthe hinge barrels e and 39'either underthe bed or to one side of'the bed laterally thereof. I In order to perinit the convenient swingingot-the tray-to its operative or inoperative 7 position the reinforcingframe I7 thereof-is provided with an upstanding manipulating handle or rod 41 at a point'spaced from the I V pivot pin 19 'and this handle or manipulating rod 41' is of such a height as -to extend above;

.the ibed'rail wherebythe same-can be con V veniently' reached by the patient.

r The tray is of a convenlent size 1 both a urinal and'a bed pan audit is obvious that whenthe tray is swung laterally of the 7 r bedthe-patient-may conveniently reach either one "of the same. v

Changes 'in details may be made without ,departing'fromthe spirit or the scope of this j invention 1 VVhatIclaim is: 7 1 1. An attachment for hospital and like beds comprising a tray, a hinge pin carried i by theztray, atwo-part clamp and support-for to receive 7 the'traycomprlsmg almain body part and lock plate part, the main body parthaving a substantially U-sha'ped portion for .receiv- I ingthe rail of the bed, aligned, hinge barrels formed on the side-edges of the main body part andthe lock plate part and on the upper prising 1 ab'ed including: a- :latera lly extending arin projectedges-thereof, a lock pin extending through' the aligned barrels on the upper edges of fi saadrparta-and the hinge barrels on the side edges "of; said part rotatably "receiving the hinge pin. r

2;,An attachment for hospital beds com pan and urinal receiving tray fast 

